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| Jan 30, 2018 at 16:41 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | In the spirit of this answer mathoverflow.net/a/3601 , I ask how well can one find k squares adding up to N with a simple strategy? Using a greedy algorithm I get something like k is log log N plus either a constant or plus log log log N. Can one do better using mod 4 considerations? The less advanced number theory used, the better the answer. Gerhard "May Need To Make Copies" Paseman, 2018.01.30. | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 16:27 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | There is also mathoverflow.net/q/3596, of which this could be considered a duplicate, unless you also talk about spheres not centered at the origin. Gerhard "Hasn't Found Off-Origin Question Origin" Paseman, 2018.01.30. | |
| Jan 30, 2018 at 15:55 | history | answered | Gerhard Paseman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |